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Confined is a related term of apart.


As a verb confined

is (confine).

As an adjective confined

is not free to move.

As an adverb apart is

separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.

As a preposition apart is

(following its objective complement) apart from.

confined

English

Verb

(head)
  • (confine)
  • Adjective

    (-)
  • not free to move

  • confine

    English

    Verb

    (confin)
  • To restrict; to keep within bounds; to shut or keep in a limited space or area.
  • * Shakespeare
  • Now let not nature's hand / Keep the wild flood confined ! let order die!
  • * Dryden
  • He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme.
  • To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; followed by on'' or ''with .
  • * Milton
  • Where your gloomy bounds / Confine with heaven
  • * Dryden
  • Betwixt heaven and earth and skies there stands a place / Confining on all three.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Limit.
  • Synonyms

    * (limit) border, bound, limit English heteronyms ----

    apart

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Separately, in regard to space or company; in a state of separation as to place; aside.
  • * (rfdate)
  • Others apart sat on a hill retired.
  • * (rfdate) Ps. iv. 3.
  • The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself.
  • In a state of separation, of exclusion, or of distinction, as to purpose, use, or character, or as a matter of thought; separately; independently
  • Consider the two propositions apart .
  • Aside; away.
  • * (rfdate) Jas. i. 21.
  • Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness.
  • * (rfdate)
  • Let Pleasure go, put Care apart .
  • In two or more parts; asunder; to piece
  • to take a piece of machinery apart .

    Antonyms

    * together

    Derived terms

    * apartness * apart from * fall apart * pull apart * set apart * take apart * tell apart * worlds apart

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • (following its objective complement) apart from.
  • A handful of examples apart , an English preposition precedes its complement.